Charity Registration No. 1062559
Teenage Cancer TrustThere are many ways you can support Teenage Cancer Trust and help us provide essential services for teenagers with cancer.
| Each day in the UK, 6 teenagers will find out they have cancer – that is over 2,200 new diagnoses every year. Cancer is the most common cause of non-accidental death in teens and young adults in the UK. TCT builds specialist Units in NHS Hospitals which lead to an anticipated 15% increase in survival rates. |
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The Trust currently has 8 Units, in London (2 sites), Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and Sheffield, but needs at least another 14 so that every teenager with cancer in the UK can have access to one. Units cost an average £1.5 million each to build. They are designed especially for and in conjunction with teenage patients. Each Unit will have flat screen TVs, Sky Television, computers, internet access, a pool table, digital lighting, a kitchen (to avoid hospital food) and will be staffed with professionals fully trained to deal with the specific needs of the patient. Medical facilities on the Units are second to none.
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The Trust also provides a UK-wide education and awareness team, a conference for teenagers with cancer, a patient and family support network, an international conference for professionals and has just appointed the world’s first Professor of Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine. |
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